The Best Party Member in EVERY Xenoblade game

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  • @funnynameforme4091
    @funnynameforme4091 8 месяцев назад +532

    Rex in FR in a nutshell: Spam double spinning edge. Draw aggro. Die. Get revived. Spam double spinning edge.

    • @Cassapphic
      @Cassapphic 7 месяцев назад +72

      "When the tank says something so double spinning edgephobic you gotta hit them with that alrest stare"

    • @docplays23
      @docplays23 7 месяцев назад +11

      DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE

    • @Laterose15
      @Laterose15 7 месяцев назад +33

      I stuck the "give everyone Arts regen when you revive" accessory on Glimmer so his deaths also fuel her insane healing to keep him alive for .5 seconds longer.

    • @karmiccrotal3480
      @karmiccrotal3480 6 месяцев назад +14

      That's more or less his XC2 counterpart too paired with Mythra💀

    • @Khrn-lk4mf
      @Khrn-lk4mf 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@docplays23 oh yeah, i forgot to mention... DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE

  • @chaosempress
    @chaosempress 8 месяцев назад +525

    Tora:
    Wanted maid robot, accidentally created one with the power to kill gods.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +73

      What a legend

    • @chaosempress
      @chaosempress 8 месяцев назад +54

      @@MaxMonado he truly is, Rex should be honoured to be his sidekick.

    • @joshuareesor1756
      @joshuareesor1756 8 месяцев назад +53

      It's why they had to lock her away in Xenoblade 3, else she and Tora would have kicked Z's ass before the plot even began.

    • @SkitLegoIdeaTheory
      @SkitLegoIdeaTheory 8 месяцев назад +24

      Riki: went into debt, ended up killing a god
      Look at me with a straight face and tell me Riki wasn’t the mvp of the zanza fight I dare you

    • @chaosempress
      @chaosempress 8 месяцев назад +15

      @@SkitLegoIdeaTheory Riki is related to riku, therefore Riki is strongest heropon.

  • @insomniacnerd5592
    @insomniacnerd5592 8 месяцев назад +438

    The strongest driver in 2 is the one who technically isn’t one.
    That is hilarious.

    • @Creeper-ez4kn
      @Creeper-ez4kn 8 месяцев назад +67

      German engineering is the strongest in the world

    • @thebrotherhoodofderp1557
      @thebrotherhoodofderp1557 7 месяцев назад +29

      @@Creeper-ez4kn Nopon engineering*

    • @GuardianAngelEatos
      @GuardianAngelEatos 5 месяцев назад +5

      Poppi Qt Pi.

    • @seansean792
      @seansean792 4 месяца назад +17

      "I gave humans blades so they wouldn't build the same world ending machines we did"
      Tora: *Builds even more powerful world ending machine anyways*

  • @aneonfoxtribute
    @aneonfoxtribute 8 месяцев назад +141

    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE
    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE
    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE
    The true proof that Mythra was the choice XB2, because Rex took after her so much

    • @SkitLegoIdeaTheory
      @SkitLegoIdeaTheory 8 месяцев назад

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    • @xavierlynch1088
      @xavierlynch1088 8 месяцев назад +43

      How dare you imply rex.made a choice other than "ALL OF YOU"

    • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
      @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 14 дней назад

      But... but
      INFINITY BLADE

  • @kingsman5121
    @kingsman5121 8 месяцев назад +59

    Rex in FR is hilariously busted. AND I LOVE IT. Using him was so much fun, like the rush you got from using mythra for the first time in xb2 but times 10

  • @EskChan19
    @EskChan19 8 месяцев назад +145

    Rex in Future Redeemed just takes Spin to Win to a whole new level. He's a literally a human beyblade.

    • @Khrn-lk4mf
      @Khrn-lk4mf 5 месяцев назад +6

      And he lets it rip... it being literally any enemy in the series...

    • @CRO-Palacinke-D.C
      @CRO-Palacinke-D.C 2 месяца назад +2

      I watched the first 3 Beyblade seasons before starting FR. Unlocking and playing Rex feels like season 4 lol

    • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
      @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 14 дней назад

      _fuses his two swords_
      Metal fusion

  • @nebbynetwork2089
    @nebbynetwork2089 8 месяцев назад +37

    Rex really showed us a thing or three in the dlc

  • @RevaliHeeHo
    @RevaliHeeHo 8 месяцев назад +254

    Playing with Melia is so fun, she's a great support character. Thanks to her and Riki I was able to beat avalanche abaasy

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +22

      Melia is definitely one of my favorites to play with too :)

    • @Flutterdark_
      @Flutterdark_ 8 месяцев назад +7

      melia and riki melted the game for me. cause dots from different sources stack and when a boss is then hit with a 4 chain and 5 chain poison respectively they melt.

    • @SkitLegoIdeaTheory
      @SkitLegoIdeaTheory 8 месяцев назад +4

      Melia and Riki are better than Eunie and Riku in terms of character, power, and cuteness

    • @ryokuhasu9699
      @ryokuhasu9699 8 месяцев назад +12

      Support? If you are playing her as a support you are doing her a huge disservice. She's a walking nuke. Prime a chain attack before a super boss and you can get her poison to do over 2.5 million damage total which just melts the super bosses in seconds. She is an absolute unit when focusing on DoTs

    • @RevaliHeeHo
      @RevaliHeeHo 8 месяцев назад

      @@ryokuhasu9699 idk man, it's been a while since the last time I played it, already forgot some of the mechanics.

  • @dc_dachi
    @dc_dachi 8 месяцев назад +122

    I don’t think she’s nearly as broken as Rex or even Matthew, but Glimmer feels like the unsung hero of the Future Redeemed party. Since the tanks are honestly kind of worthless at keeping aggro, and A is more of an off-healer than dedicated support, Glimmer is basically the only person that can keep Rex alive, and she delivers by being one of the strongest healers in the series.
    2 AOE healing Arts, an AOE Crit Up, an Attack field, and 2 debuff Arts. That’s not even getting into her great Fusion Arts, which let her apply Crit Up + Crit Damage for insane synergy with Rex. Add onto that some excellent passives like faster revival, faster healing cooldowns, heals for every Art used, and just straight up huge boosts to her healing power. All of this on an Agnus class, who cools down by spamming Art cancels, and you have a character that can keep your party alive forever.
    Legitimately don’t know how you’d be able to beat any of the stronger enemies in FR without her.

    • @justsomeguyontheinternet2251
      @justsomeguyontheinternet2251 8 месяцев назад +11

      I agree that Glimmer is underrated. Her insane synergy with Rex makes her one of the best members of your party. I'd say she's 3rd behind Rex and Matthew, since Rex is the primary damage dealer and Matthew is the primary breaker/aoe power charge for the party. The only thing that's bad about her kit is that some of her animations are a bit too long, especially her talent art.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +31

      Glimmer was considered alongside Matthew, the whole game would definitely be harder and just less fun without her.

    • @bryanxavier4238
      @bryanxavier4238 8 месяцев назад +6

      Dude her fusion arts are actually insane, the fact that she has fusion arts that give aoe attack/crit up and a move that heals the entire party FULLY and can be spammed into each other is literally the only reason why my party survives any fights. That, and the fact that nikol is a amazing damage sponge when everyone else needs to be revived.

    • @andychua2766
      @andychua2766 8 месяцев назад +9

      I just gave Nikol the revive accessory since if somehow my entire team goes down he’s always left and it’s great

    • @MandoMahri
      @MandoMahri 8 месяцев назад +4

      Glimmer's gotta make sure her old man stays patched up somehow 😂

  • @JayEm1325
    @JayEm1325 Месяц назад +11

    Using Melia was hilarious to me. I never quite understood what I was doing but enemies died anyway.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  Месяц назад +4

      That's really funny to hear, most people just give up on her since they don't get her. Happy she worked out for you!

    • @sad-iv9nb
      @sad-iv9nb 2 дня назад

      same lol so much damage

  • @PatrickGilland
    @PatrickGilland 8 месяцев назад +48

    I'm surprised there's no mention of Unlimited Sword randomly inflicting Doom on regular enemy encounters, if Noah is in an attacker class.

    • @oliverpease6719
      @oliverpease6719 2 месяца назад +3

      Super convenient for grinding in late/post game

  • @24hr-Gaming
    @24hr-Gaming 8 месяцев назад +107

    One important thing to bring up about Tora that also pushes him over the edge as the strongest driver, no contest, is that he is the only driver in the game that can do a driver combo by himself. QT Pi gives him break and launch, QT gives him smash, and Alpha gives him topple. So while Alpha and QT are not busted on their own, they are useful because you can use luck mods to boost Tora's break chance, and give basically all the other passive mods on them like gold and item up, healing utility, etc so you can keep QT Pi DPS focused. So even without optimal gear for QT Pi, he really just needs a beta scope and an overclock bangle to be the strongest. And on top of his art which will heal him back to full, you can also give him the equivalent of the Avant Guard Medal (heal every time he crits) as just a passive on QT Pi, so he can also sustain himself without needing to use an accessory slot for it. If you hate Tiger Tiger you can always just sell all the spare parts you get from merc missions and craft good enough gear to get QT Pi going and she'll still be a monster.
    Alpha and QT are also better than people give them credit for. QT is at least as strong as Brighid, and Alpha with the right build can get a 98% block rate. It's just that even with a block rate that high, Tora's one weakness is he can die from reaction arts.

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 8 месяцев назад +15

      i mean he also gets nerfed if you dont control him. The devs realized he was strong so they made him stupid and only has a 50% chance to continue a blade combo.

    • @datoneguy5700
      @datoneguy5700 8 месяцев назад +3

      Only Alpha and QTpi can equip luck mods. QT can equip a strike mod, which helps with general hit rate, but not a luck mod for break chance.

    • @ryokuhasu9699
      @ryokuhasu9699 8 месяцев назад +2

      On top of equipping the equivalent of 6 Aux cores and customizing her skills and specials. She can just hit the damage cap insanely easily as if she wasn't broken enough.

    • @marigoldzephyrnio3647
      @marigoldzephyrnio3647 6 месяцев назад

      @@moosoose4661 That's just how the AI works, Male AI prioritizes driver combos and female AI prioritizes Blade combos in xc2

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 6 месяцев назад +1

      @marigoldzephyrnio3647 a "normal" male driver will continue a blade combo if there isn't anything they can do to advance driver combo, while 50% of the time tora will just sit there and not care

  • @stormfallvalkyri8389
    @stormfallvalkyri8389 8 месяцев назад +45

    Another nice thing going for matthew is that he can give power charge to the whole party, making rex even MORE of a menace.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +2

      Very true

    • @sequitur7222
      @sequitur7222 8 месяцев назад +1

      Storm discovered in comments

    • @stormfallvalkyri8389
      @stormfallvalkyri8389 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@sequitur7222 im everywhere

    • @gab4198
      @gab4198 5 месяцев назад

      it is like rex is now the focus again the main damage and source and the remaining party members are there to get him back standing after he falls and repeat it all over again.

  • @PJDAltamirus0425
    @PJDAltamirus0425 8 месяцев назад +41

    Rex being busted and even his gameplay is a realization of his character arc. He gets knocked around alot but always gets back up, talks about getting stronger to protect everyone, and has everyone his draw swors chasitize him somehow. I legit thing if he hadn't lost that eye, he would have tried to solo Alvis himself, cus that it who he is, he starts to bear of the all burdens by himself so no else . His arc in FR is basically basically seeing through protective dad instinct to see again that you shouldn't stand alone. Which is funny, cus in xbc2, he says, we were awesome and beat them with the power of friendship alot.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +3

      That's a really nice way to look at it

    • @Swaggerham_395
      @Swaggerham_395 8 дней назад

      No one talking about zeke rly?

    • @KARLOSPCgame
      @KARLOSPCgame 2 дня назад

      ​@@Swaggerham_395 what else we can talk about zeke, He is already awesome

    • @Swaggerham_395
      @Swaggerham_395 2 дня назад

      @@KARLOSPCgame fair enough man 😊👍

  • @ThomBaws
    @ThomBaws 8 месяцев назад +14

    I KNOW that Rex is the best party member in Future Redeemed, but the amount of serotonin I get from spamming all of Matthew's arts beats everything 😂

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +6

      Same here, half of my gameplay is spamming arts with Matthew and once I got a break the other half is spamming with Rex 😂

  • @crocworks
    @crocworks 8 месяцев назад +28

    Xenoblade X is still my favorite Xenoblade game. Hoping that it gets a sequel.
    Also, best party member in X is whoever I gave the Zenith Cannon Mastema skell to. :)
    Or maybe the Lailah Queen skell with Diskbombs.
    Skells were also OP in that game

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +7

      I'm dying for an X sequel or even a port at this point

    • @OnlyTheJoyful_ALT
      @OnlyTheJoyful_ALT 8 месяцев назад

      I've been trying to find footage of X that is something like a certain LPers that did Xeno1 and Xeno2 (that went on 200 eps =_=) but God damn its hard to find anything good tbh.

  • @Big_Trev
    @Big_Trev 8 месяцев назад +34

    Overall, Tora is probably the best party member in the trilogy. Relative to their respective game however, I’d say that FR Rex has the widest gap between him and the next best party member.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +8

      Sounds about right. This made me think of good Tora and FR Rex would be together...

    • @General_C
      @General_C 8 месяцев назад +8

      The fact they never let us use Master Driver in main game is a fucking disgrace.

    • @PJDAltamirus0425
      @PJDAltamirus0425 8 месяцев назад

      If they ever add a forth difficulty mode above hard, that will the day they add Rex's and shulk's class in. @@General_C

    • @arminarlelt7471
      @arminarlelt7471 8 месяцев назад +3

      I want Master Driver to be a class so that Kevesi classes can have its launch art and as a second art whatever.
      Grand Marshall should give Monado Rage and Armor and would add a new tank class.
      And I would love it so much if we'd get A as a last hero, with Monado Fencer as a class. The game would be perfect that way.
      Also am I the only one disappointed that we didn't get a hero system in FR? Was the perfect opportunity to add Reyn, Fiora, Sharla, Morag, etc. And a bonus : they could be playable too.
      Also imagine if the 6 main cast of FR had Ouroboros forms too, the fan service would be complete. Shulk x Rex Ouroboros together would've been so good.
      What we got was very fun, but it wasn't as big of an upgrade as Torna was for XC2.

    • @PJDAltamirus0425
      @PJDAltamirus0425 8 месяцев назад

      Well, I agree that would have been cool, the lack of Ouroboros forms, hero system and the XBC1 gang and XBC2 gang makes sense, gives the old crew drive to beat alvis and as the avatar help beat Zed. Having Ouroboros got developed yet makes Nia and Melia getting there asses handed to them, Melia getting captured and Nia in a hideway recovery sleep make more sense. In the final fight with Zed, one of the first things he does is flipping cut of the party from using the ouroboros forms. Also, Jesus, if you had Shulk's skill set on someone that in better at holding aggro, Rex's raw damage output combined with Lucky Seven or stacked lower output but higher survibility characters, and A's visions.... they would to create another difficulty level or challenge mode to balance it. TBH, I wouldn't surprised if they weren't working on either a side game or another xeno and that why XBC3's dlc is so spare compared to XBC2's.@@arminarlelt7471

  • @kaugmon2452
    @kaugmon2452 8 месяцев назад +11

    I want to mention also: With the right equipment and timing, Reyn can infinity topple and daze the enemy

  • @marche800
    @marche800 8 месяцев назад +13

    Noah will also rinse any regular mob of enemies instantly as an attacker if he has capable hands on. Because he starts with a full talent gauge and all his attacks inflict doom and hit multiple times.

    • @thunderknight4149
      @thunderknight4149 7 месяцев назад +4

      Not to mention that Tachyon Slash will refill itself when criting and when he attacks from the front will always refill itself to full so you can just spam it like FR Rex spams double spinning edge.

  • @Vulcanfaux
    @Vulcanfaux 8 месяцев назад +6

    Rex so powerful in FR that he can easily do his yamcha impression a few times every battle.

  • @vellusviridi
    @vellusviridi 8 месяцев назад +8

    The thing that's so great about Noah is that if for some reason you just... don't want him to be stronger you can unequip his unique arts

  • @GeebzGBZ
    @GeebzGBZ 8 месяцев назад +5

    I just got done binging your content and you just posted this, very nice!

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      All according to plan 😎
      (But also, nice to hear it!)

    • @GeebzGBZ
      @GeebzGBZ 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@MaxMonado lol. Just got done, overall very true video. In XC2 I'd say Dagas and Fiora are definitely big shout outs, Kaiser Zone is crazy strong, and Fiora in general is nuts.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      @GeebzGBZ Thanks! Definitely agree on Dagas and Fiora being broken, I ended up focusing more on the drivers for my honorable mentions but those 2 are undeniably 2 of the best blades alongside QTPi

    • @GeebzGBZ
      @GeebzGBZ 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@MaxMonado Indeed yeah, I respect the perspective and definitely enjoyed you thinking about the simple question from multiple angles, like ranking team Lora highly, but the individual parts of team Adam well, etc. Very good choice imo.

  • @christianharris5489
    @christianharris5489 8 месяцев назад +7

    Regarding Noah, Ethel's class has a skill (which I forgot its name) that has your talent art at 100% at the start of the battle. Meaning that he can use it right from the start.

    • @justfl4r356
      @justfl4r356 8 месяцев назад +3

      Capable hands with noah's lucky 7 was a wild experience

    • @mkhcfire9684
      @mkhcfire9684 2 месяца назад

      ​@@justfl4r356Lucky Seven Chronicles 3 is so fun

  • @finn5873
    @finn5873 8 месяцев назад +10

    Another banger from MaxMonado! I was really surprised that you picked Shulk over Melia cause I think her break topple combo was really broken for cancelling big attacks from bosses. But yeah Shulk is definitely way more versitale with his monado arts and backslash is indeed broken af.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      Another banger comment from Mr F, thank you very much

  • @deusvlad2.083
    @deusvlad2.083 5 месяцев назад +4

    Yeah right Rex said he went all out against Glimmrt and the other kid, yet against bosses he annihilates them lol

  • @T101G
    @T101G 8 месяцев назад +16

    Personally when discussing "whos the worst or best" in XC3, I find it more interesting to say "which is the best or worst class" because the only major thing that sets the characters apart is the fact that Noah has Unlimited Sword, and their TP in chain attacks.
    Worst class I would say is Stalker, because we all know debuffs suck, the art animations are super long, so Stalker has very low dps. Any Healer class is easily better because they can at least revive and do some sort of party support even if its not super helpful like tactician, which is probably the worst healer class (except maybe thaumaturge but that has Ultimate Qigong so i'll give it a pass). You could argue one of the defender classes is worse, either lost vanguard or heavy guard, but I think they have some extremely niche uses, I know you can fuse an evasion art to Variable Turret to have a very long animation in which to evade with, and Heavy Guard has a smash art, and also they are defenders so they'll die slower (I suppose you could pull a FR and give the defenders a memory locket), but I see no situation in which Stalker would be useful. Even if for some reason you wanted a debuff build (which might be a bit better on easy mode since debuffs are more consistent there), then just use Machine Assassin.
    Best class is tough. Signifer is good for buffs, but you can also just put resonant flag and aureole on a kevesi healer, which makes war medic, medic gunner, and lapidarist quite good. Soulhacker is also quite good because it can provide really good damage and really good support. Seraph is good at dealing lots of damage, and so is Incursor, and FMJ. This is honestly really tough, I kinda can't decide.
    Also another reason Rex is really good in FR is because he has a skill that completely ignores block rate, at all. Paired with the skill that ignores defence on crit, it means Rex is always doing really insane damage. That skill is extremely effective against Fogdwelller Abaasy, since it has an ability that makes blocked attacks deal 1 damage.

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 8 месяцев назад +3

      I think soulhacker s the best class because in a party setup he is not really replaceable. In terms of support he far outclasses signifer (because his buffs are guaranteed with stuff like desperate charge and dragon decree) and you can just have another class use resonant flag on a lapidarist or something. You have many choices on what you want to use for damage, as a flagger, or whatever, but for support i would always have a soulhacker

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад +1

      I'm going to contest you on FMJ. Being an ether attacker in a world where Ultimate Qigong exists is already a mark against it, but its abysmal critical chance of 10% also holds it back rather significantly. There is no possible way to reach 55% displayed crit (the threshold needed to reach 100% crit rate with just a Soulhacker buff and Beaming Edge) on FMJ without sacrificing additional accessories or skills for more crit. You are pretty much required to run Eye for Weak Points, which takes more time to stack up than some of the better classes take to kill superbosses.
      Now, if you enjoy the class, that's great! I enjoy it too, but I wholly admit that it has a combination of several factors that make it less desirable than other stronger attacker classes like Flash Fencer, Martial Artist, Incursor, Royal Summoner (which is technically a physical class and thus benefits from UQ hilariously enough), and the obvious Seraph.

    • @T101G
      @T101G 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@conorb.1901 yeah good point now that i think about it. The main reason I mentioned it is because of that one enel video where he beats archsage's gauntlet with it, but that's only because its a self imposed challenge of no heroes so that doesn't really mean much.

    • @T101G
      @T101G 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@moosoose4661 Now that I think about it you're absolutely right. For buffs you can use signifer or any kevesi healer, for damage there are multiple options, but nothing is just as versatile as soulhacker is. Also it has the advantage of having access to all combo arts. This is the same reason I think Poppi QTpi is the best blade in XC2. In certain situations other blades will out dps her, but her sheer versatility is what puts her on top. That and having access to speedy sword, and on top of that having swooshing slash making her by far the best blade at driver combos.

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 8 месяцев назад +1

      @T101G I meant that soulhacker can even just straight up out class aureole/signifer for buffs because arts like desperate charge, dragon decree, and battle pherenome allow a soulhacker to consistently give better buffs to the team (its also not random which is a huge win)

  • @EconoSpagetti
    @EconoSpagetti 8 месяцев назад +7

    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +3

      DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE.

    • @Sayyble
      @Sayyble 8 месяцев назад +3

      DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE

    • @wolfyfluff7585
      @wolfyfluff7585 8 месяцев назад

      DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE

  • @MaxWelton
    @MaxWelton 8 месяцев назад +2

    25:08 plus the Talent Art that just gives you all your Arts back. And a positional Art with a recharge gauge of 3 auto-attacks. This means 1 auto-attack and 1 cancel already gets you ready to cancel into your Talent Art charger.

  • @jfp4life
    @jfp4life 8 месяцев назад +2

    Adult Rex is so broken, he breaks down so much that he spends more time on the ground than fighting

  • @MmntechCa
    @MmntechCa 8 месяцев назад +4

    I'm going to shoutout Enel, and give a vote for Miyabi's Troubadour class in XBC3 as very close to Signifier. Ring o' Roses is an AOE effect that boosts art recharge rate. And if you pair this with Masha's the Ring a la Mode skill, you can drop a bunch of them, and they stack. Her talent art, Glittering Melody, also fully recharges all arts for the party. She's also one of the few classes with a burst art, which removes the enraged buff from boss enemies, provided they aren't break resistant. Lastly, her Swiftsong skill boosts evasion for all allies by 10-20%. So that's going to be a big boost to any evasion tank. Her talent art charges rapidly too, which will let Noah use Unlimited Sword quickly. Miyabi's chain attack skill isn't that great, but she does give a TP bonus to Mio (which is only useful if Mio isn't a healer class) if used in a chain, along with a chance to revive an extra party member.

  • @oxin8753
    @oxin8753 4 месяца назад +1

    I think with signifier it's also worth mentioning that with the keves art cross impact paired up with resonant flag it grants power charge to the entire party... meaning if you have another signifier with Fiona, you can get two power charges meaning you could for example in a chain attack you could go resonant flag with signifier with the chain order of the attacker in your party A which is the Ouroboros party member, attack with your strongest art which is power charged by said attacker, use Fiona to reapply the power charge effect and with enough tp maybe get a bravo or amazing rating and here you go dealing a littlr bit too much damage.

  • @MooseKINGstudios
    @MooseKINGstudios 8 месяцев назад +3

    I guess the next list would be “The most FUN party members”? Though most of the broken ones are the most fun.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      Honestly I hadn't considered that and I don't think I'll make a video like that

  • @lanteanboy
    @lanteanboy 8 месяцев назад +4

    as an enjoyer of Lucky 7, I have to say that in DPS mode, Noah can still die when using it.... but usually not before doing a shitton of damage
    also, gotta absolutely love Beyblade Rex in FR.... Id say its actual one flaw is how much you'll have DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE in your head for MONTHS.

  • @KARLOSPCgame
    @KARLOSPCgame 2 дня назад

    Depth perception doesn't matter when you
    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE
    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE

  • @ez1953
    @ez1953 8 месяцев назад +3

    I think the best character in XCX (in terms of how useful they are when AI-controlled) comes down to a three-way tie between Irina, L, and H.B. As mentioned in the video, L is an excellent tank but also has self-healing and party support with Mindstorm and topple locking with both Wild Down and Starlight Kick (not that he has enough TP to use them a lot of the time). Meanwhile, Irina and H.B. both have access to the best ranged weapon in the game which comes with the best support art in the game - Last Stand. Pair that with an assault rifle that has Ranged: TP Gain Up and suddenly you have a TP generating machine on your hands.
    Irina has party healing with Smooth Recovery, can throw around TP and a Potential buff with Energy Source, can topple with Assault Hammer, and has access to Repair and Absorber Skin if you want more niche healing/barrier options, but she can’t take big hits very well. She’s most useful for a 2000-3000 TP bonus at the start of battle to instantly overdrive and take out your target.
    H.B. has better survivability and access to both Decoy Round and Trash Talk, so he has no problem keeping enemies occupied and generating a ton of TP from it. He has Shield Wall as a better barrier art (same as L) and access to Wild Down (but no Assault Hammer sadly). As niche options Atomic Hit can launch smaller enemies to keep them immobile for a few extra seconds, Takedown Shot is another topple against machines, and Furious Blast is another option for generating TP (this point also applies for Irina but to be honest neither AI is smart enough to wait for Furious Blast to cool down before throwing it out).
    Irina and L are best used in tandem, while H.B. combines their two roles into one if your team needs the extra space, at the cost of team healing options. Elma is also a good companion for Ghost Factory reasons, but the AI sucks at positioning so her damage output is middling at best.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      Irina and HB were the other characters I considered for X, pretty much for the reasons you listed

    • @videogamesarecool9280
      @videogamesarecool9280 2 месяца назад +1

      Elma is by far the best AI controlled character because her AI actually uses ghost factory.
      back when global nemesis was a thing, the party build without online was cross, elma, celica, nagi.
      cross is cross, nuff said
      elma has a 160% potential boost just tied to her character, has ghost factory and AI uses it, and executioner is decent
      celica is knife + dual guns, broken combination, is by far the best character for soloing who's not cross, but in this party of 4 she's the weakest
      nagi has no real way to defend himself, so he relies on elma's ghost factory to be good, but he has offensive stance and blossom dance, best dps in the game.
      also assault rifle isn't the best ranged weapon in the game, very far from it.
      dual guns is the best by a very significant margin and maybe situationally gatling gun.
      I think MaxMonado made a very good choice in picking elma. (ignoring cross), 2nd best dps in the game when soloing (only beaten by celica), and 2nd best dps in the game when in a group (only beaten by nagi). elma's AI actually uses ghost factory, which is the only support that you need in the game.
      the speedrun for X, switches to elma before the first fight and solo everything with her until cross is max FMJ and the the speedrun solo's with cross.

  • @FantasyGameLover
    @FantasyGameLover 7 месяцев назад +3

    As someone who keeps replaying Xenoblade 2, and Torna tGC specifically (because the combat system is Torna is just beautiful) I main Addam's team. Initially because I liked the characters on his team better, but more so as I realized how busted these guys can get. Like Lora and Jin are amazing together but once I have Minoth maxed out the only thing that's stopping me is the enemy's break resist levels.

  • @deusvlad2.083
    @deusvlad2.083 5 месяцев назад +1

    What about Rex in xenoblade 3 the main game with Noah? isn't he at least almost as op as Noah?

  • @ThatGuyGreen8710
    @ThatGuyGreen8710 5 месяцев назад

    2 months late here but im surprised there is no mention of Taion/Eunie for 3. Considering their mad damage from chain attacks.

  • @AshenVictor
    @AshenVictor 8 месяцев назад +2

    I think H.B. was probably also worth mentioning in X. With two taunts (which both generate TP for himself) and Gunforce which transmits TP to the party he's a good TP battery to keep your TP skills flowing. He's probably the least survivable of the tank characters, but he'll keep Cross' damage rolling out.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      He was an honorable mention for being a weird but good mix of supporter and tank, the others were Irina and Alexa

  • @inspectorjavert2298
    @inspectorjavert2298 8 месяцев назад +2

    22:33 Sorry maybe I need some clarification and/or basic math. I thought Fiona adds +1 chain attack round, so wouldn't that mean that +3 chain attack rds + 1 hero roound + 1 additional round granted by Fiona means there are only 5 chain attack rounds total? Or is there a chance that Fiona can add +2 chain attack rounds? Or are you counting an Ouroboros order as a chain attack round? In which case, that would be six by my arithematic skills.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      I counted the Ouroboros order as the 6th round yes, sorry for the confusion!

    • @inspectorjavert2298
      @inspectorjavert2298 8 месяцев назад +1

      Great, thank you for clarifying for me! Have a nice weekend! @@MaxMonado

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +2

      @inspectorjavert2298 No problem, you have a great one too!

    • @T101G
      @T101G 8 месяцев назад +2

      On easy mode, she grants enough recharge to the party gauge for +2 rounds, which means you can have a 7 round chain attack. This also applies to that one manual in future redeemed that grants the same effect, but since there aren't heroes that don't consume party gauge the max is 5 rounds (6 on easy mode).

  • @Canadiansamurai
    @Canadiansamurai 6 месяцев назад +2

    I made the right choice giving FR Rex an accessory that makes him survive mortal damage with 1HP and a few seconds of invincibility

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  6 месяцев назад

      I'm sure that saved him a bunch of times

  • @dhruvcv9771
    @dhruvcv9771 3 месяца назад +1

    WIPE EM OF THE FACE OF AIONIOS. *proceeds to Double Spinning Edge everything*

  • @simbathedog55
    @simbathedog55 8 месяцев назад +13

    For XC1, Shulk is the standout for me because of how much utility he brings, but Reyn tends to be the strongest because of how fast and high-damaging his entire kit is. Reyn's only weakness is poor accuracy, but some Agility Up gems and/or Night Vision gems for superbosses can fix that up. Most importantly, he's one of the 3 members of the Topplelock strategy, alongside Dunban and either Shulk or Seven. But his high damage, high hp, and strong topplelock combo potential make him much better than Melia for me, who really can only Force topple and is a bit too fragile. Special mention for Reyn also because unlike both Shulk and Melia, Reyn doesn't have to be controlled to be effective, which leads me to...
    XC1FC: They really gave us a game where the 3 worst characters to control are 3 out of the 4 characters you can use didn't they? Shulk, Melia and "Sharla (Kino)," and the only other member who shows up is "Reyn (Nene)?" I think you'll understand why I put Nene at the top here. Having Reyn's kit means high damage, HP, and Topple combos (the survivability being even more important because you don't have Dunban, Riki, or Seven to do any kind of tanking), and of course, you don't have to control them, meaning you can focus on controling one of the other party members. Shulk still has good utility, but damn losing visions him quite a bit, and for Melia losing chain attacks hurt her quite a bit because she can't summon elementals for easy chain continuation.
    XCX: Cross, obviously. But if we discount him for a second, the conversation actually gets a bit more interesting. We have Elma, Celica, and Phog who all have Ghostwalker for amazing survivability, and Nagi who grants you 2 of the best arts in the game: True Stream Edge for great TP generation and Blossom Dance for way too much damage (there's a reason blossom dance longsword builds are so powerful). For support, L with Mindstorm can also be mentioned for helping boost your Potential even further. But of course, all conversation goes out the window when Cross shows up.
    XC2: Poppi QTPi is nuts. Just how much driver combo access you can have is unparalleled. The only contender I would say is like Elma because of Overdrive, or Fiora because of EZ arts spam. Also you could argue just Rex in general because he can access almost every other blade EXCEPT Poppi, which is really funny because he can get his hands on every single blade except the strongest one.
    Torna: I like your Addam call here, but you're right: all 3 of the drivers have talent arts that contribute something really important to the team, and it's funny how much stronger those Talent arts are than the Blades' talent arts.
    XC3: As overpowered as Infinite Sword may be, I want to actually make a case for another member of the Core 6: Sena. Obviously anyone can access the Ogre class, but Sena has her personal weapon for the class and the stats to use it best, and similar to why Poppi QTPi is the best party member in 2, Sena and the Ogre fill a niche in lategame content that other classes struggle to fill: She can get Breaks. Break resistance is nutso in the lategame of 3, and Ogre is the best class in the game for landing breaks while still providing a great amount of damage. But I'll admit, it struggles to match with how powerful infinite sword can be, I mean there's even an instant-kill chance to proc on normal and even elite enemies!
    XC3FR: Rex. It's Rex, and it's not even close.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for sharing your perspective, I can agree with everything you said.
      Funny you say Nene is the best in FC because in an earlier version of this script I chose her as well.
      Like I said, I think Shulk, Melia and Nene are about as good as eachother. Nene has way better AI, but Shulk and Melly have higher potential when you're using them (which I think balanced it out). I specifically think Melia's topple art is good in FC, since some enemies resist break, but not topple

    • @android4754
      @android4754 8 месяцев назад

      Ogre is not the best breaking class. Its actually yumsmith which is actually one of the best classes despite being considered one of the worst. It is mostly because spamming 3 break arts is just as likely to break (especially when fusion comboed) as the Ogre's one skill that makes putting a break art on them good. Then Yumsmith frankly just has a better AI for breaks (unless you want to control your Ogre) and a way higher dex allowing the class to function as a breaker more consistently. You could also use Incurser, or Noponic Champion as other alternatives but the max number of break arts they can have is 2. Incurser would also provide far more damage than Ogre, but you really only need one damage character per team.
      Frankly Xenoblade 3 has been solved for a while and even saying Signifer is good (as the video did) is not true. All the broken skills and arts it has can be given to classes that use them far better. Infinite sword is pretty outclassed as a strategy and only used for a few challenge mode runs. But it is utility fully unique to Noah and thus it forces him to be the best character. Though, as the video stated that does not mean that much because every character is basically the same.

  • @MonadoBoy42
    @MonadoBoy42 4 месяца назад

    Elma's ghost factory and infinite overdrive setup carried me so hard in x

  • @skynet0912
    @skynet0912 8 месяцев назад +5

    Tora and QTPi has always a bit divisive for me...
    There is NO doubt that she is in a class of her own at her max potential, but i can't shake the fact that i NEVER find it enjoyable to drop everything, and grind for several hours to get what i need to make her extremely powerful as soon as she is unlocked.
    Unless i plan to do NG+, or at least do all the postgame stuff, i pretty much just do the quest to get her, and then sideline Tora for Morag again... I just feel like the amount of game left where you get to use her, is not worth the investment to bring out her full potential in a pure main journey playthrough...
    So Rex always wins out for me, with his story locked access to increasingly broken versions of the Aegis, along with mandatory access to Break and Topple arts. And with no real effort on the players part, Pneuma trivializes most battles right out of the block, where QTPi takes a while and a ton of investment to become really broken!

    • @jaxsonfanta5420
      @jaxsonfanta5420 12 дней назад

      Agreed! I loved QTPie eventually but I did not love getting her there.
      Rex stood alone with no equal once he got his endgame stuff. It took QTpie a while to stand toe toe with Rex and eventually take her spot, but for the regular playthrough, Rex is my goat

  • @Flutterdark_
    @Flutterdark_ 8 месяцев назад +3

    It is still crazy that poppi QTPi is this broken that shes outclassing even dlc. in blade tierlists i have seen there is only one blade which hits even THE SAME TIER as poppi, and that one is a dlc blade which far as i remember gets infinite arts recharge. but thats dlc you have to raise up. poppi just works.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +2

      She just... works.

    • @Flutterdark_
      @Flutterdark_ 8 месяцев назад +1

      yup. she just kinda does. even without parts cause the triple break is just that good. i love sometimes when one thing completely snaps the game. and given that this one is a sidequest that needs an heart to heart to even spawn and that spawns when you are plot wise so far away from it that you wouldnt think of going back until you beat the game its perfectly balanced. since most players who dont know about it find it in post game where you dont need to hold back anyway. @@MaxMonado

    • @PJDAltamirus0425
      @PJDAltamirus0425 8 месяцев назад

      Fiora and Corvin are the runner ups.

  • @Slate_Box
    @Slate_Box 8 месяцев назад

    For the main party members of XC3, I would say Sena takes second place because of how fast her Ouroborous talent art charges, coupled with relatively quick art animations that let you charge it up even faster. I'm curious as to why you didn't include the Ouroborous forms at all.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think ouroboros forms are big game changers most of the time, aside from chain attack finishers and Eunie having an art to revive everyone.

  • @StarlightNkyra
    @StarlightNkyra 8 месяцев назад +1

    DOUBLE SPINNING EDGE

  • @Santisima_Trinidad
    @Santisima_Trinidad 8 месяцев назад +2

    My vote for most overpowered xenoblade 3 character is whoever is on guardian defender. This is based on the fact in the DLC, you have ridiculously overpowered characters, and then you have Nikol, a nerfed version of guardian defender from the base game, because apparently having a tank which will never take agro but has such high damage reductive capability their self healing makes them physically immortal isn't fair, but a character with higher damage output than seraph without any of the self damaging drawbacks is.

  • @MaxWelton
    @MaxWelton 8 месяцев назад +1

    21:11 Not quote. One of his shield Lucky Seven Arts makes him AND EVERYONE CLOSE TO HIM invulnerable.

  • @doctorbright1065
    @doctorbright1065 3 месяца назад +1

    Let's be honest, everyone knew that when it got to Future Redeemed, it would go to Chadasaurus Rex.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  3 месяца назад

      And that's why he earned a place on the thumbnail

  • @Missiletainn
    @Missiletainn 8 месяцев назад +1

    I would say Melia can do Ashera's job just as consistently as a Hero in XBC 3, and stays around for the whole chain rather than just the first round.

  • @ldgxc1886
    @ldgxc1886 2 месяца назад

    I'm a late comer to XC after wiping out all of the late LOZ. Been studying all characters and find Melia to be the greatest contributor to the team. Her 'summon' buffs not only do their own damage, but they power up the damage the team deals and the effects go on for up to 30 seconds, then she can do the next summon. The con is that she goes down easy. Her low agro makes up for that weakness. And Fiora also has these devastating attacks like no one else. So, my favorite team is Melie, Fiora, Shulk. My least used characters are Reyn and Ricki.

  • @themegatonmenace1224
    @themegatonmenace1224 19 дней назад

    I really like Poppi a. She has a 95% block rate and then a 50% chance of taking 0 when blocking. Literally never dies.

  • @mikkelstergaard6218
    @mikkelstergaard6218 7 месяцев назад +2

    While she definitely isn't nearly as powerful as Noah, I do think Mio and her Dominion Flower is at least worth a mention, it's basically an Ether version of Lucky Seven with a bigger AoE and inflicts Burst, sure that means going through the lesser Daze combo, but I just personally like using Mio so having anything unique for her is a plus to me

  • @stefan-xaverscherrer7648
    @stefan-xaverscherrer7648 3 месяца назад +1

    5:30 TRUE!

  • @GuardianAngelEatos
    @GuardianAngelEatos 5 месяцев назад

    1:04 I see what you did there! L is my favorite Xenoblade Chronicles X character by the way! He's so hilarious!

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  5 месяцев назад +1

      I love L too, he's also up there with my favorites!

    • @GuardianAngelEatos
      @GuardianAngelEatos 4 месяца назад

      @@MaxMonado Same here! I didn't realize the dialouge there and just remembered that line when I saw L. Haha! I love how he always messes up on the sayings that he uses. "It isn't over until the fat baby sings!"

  • @pietrom.4846
    @pietrom.4846 8 месяцев назад +1

    I remember Melia as an op chara in base xeno 1, she can do impressive DoT

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely, she's the DoT queen

  • @xord5293
    @xord5293 27 дней назад +1

    Speaking purely in damage numbers, Melia is actually the strongest character in the base game of Xenoblade 1. There is a reason why she has the lowest health in the game. She easily outdamages Shulk and Reyn in fights that you can't 1 shot the enemy with Sword Drive.

  • @yotambraunshtein9786
    @yotambraunshtein9786 8 месяцев назад

    Also noah can instant death each non boss enemy when in lucky seven

  • @sunname6252
    @sunname6252 8 месяцев назад

    For two and three as mentioned by others the classes/rare blades are probably more meaningful than the driver/hero
    2: Poppi QTpi is #1 no contest, but number two has some amazing competition between Fiora, Elma, Kaiser Zone, Corvin, KOS-MOS, Patroka and so on
    3: Where do we even begin with XBC3? Do we take Sena: Ogre for the near guaranteed Breaks? Signifier or Lapardist's buff stacking, any of the myriad stupid damage dealers like Seraph, Incursor, Full Metal Jaguar and so on? The absolutely absurd flexibility presented by Soulhacker?

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      I get why you and others focus more on blades and classes, I just wanted to focus more on the characters themselves since there are enough Blade and Class tier lists out there anyway

    • @android4754
      @android4754 8 месяцев назад

      2. Depends what you value. Elma is essential for overdrive for the big HP sponge enemies, Fiora clears mobs, Corvin is basically immortal, and skill is broken. I think most people value Fiora the most because on top of the insane AOE damage and she gives a flat crit rate increase to the party, but honestly it just depends on the fight you are going into.
      3. The best two classes are soulhacker and Seraph. It is not even close. Buffs define the game and Soulhacker has by far the best buffs due to a skill making them more potent and having access to every buff that actually matters. And they are all team wide. It is a far, far, far better than Signifer (and war medic is better at going for random buff pulls than signifer is).
      Seraph grants the awakening buff when below I think it is 90 percent HP, which is like 3 major buffs in 1. This can be passed to your team through Ouroboros form and the buff passing art (though if you are using Seraph as your damage source it is not needed). The class has some of the best attacking skills in the game and insane ratios on their arts making them easily the best attacking class. It can function as a combo support with break if you want with break, two topples, and a launch. Heck, the class is actually the best tank in the game with awakening and stacking damage reduction. It is too powerful and flexible to be considered anything else than the best attacking class. It is more flexible than Soulhacker honestly.
      Soulhacker is probably still better just because of how powerful buffs are. Seraph would not function as well as it does without them, but it kind of depends on what you value more. Any team you build optimally will 100 percent have both these classes in it.
      Ogre is not even in the conversation. Yumsmith weirdly enough is a far better breaker. On the grounds of it having more break arts, far better AI for them, way better accuracy and better uptime for using the arts. You could also go with Incurser or Noponic Champion, which give up a break art for launch, but again kind of depends on what the team needs.

    • @sunname6252
      @sunname6252 8 месяцев назад

      @@android4754 I have to disagree on Ogre not being the best breaker because of it having both it's unique skill that boosts reaction success rate on top of break brooch.
      If we wanted to use someone else, Noponic Champ, Incursor, Swordsman all come to mind as far better choices than Yumsmith for double break classes.

  • @Qeisama
    @Qeisama Месяц назад +1

    I was like, B b b but, MELIA.
    Until you mentioned her ini Future Connected lol. Melia is definitely my most favorite character in XC1 and as a strategist / healer type, I love playing her.
    For X, as I play as strategist / healer with shield arts, Nagi is GREAT. I put Elma below Nagi and then L or H.B followed.
    For XC2, nothing will top Tora + Poppi QT pi. I personally played as Zeke as Sniper / Healer with long ranged blades like Kos-Mos with H-effect R as side healer. Love him.
    For Torna, I agree with Addam. But my fave will always be Lora as she has Jin and Haze, my fave blade.
    For XC3, Noah is damn OP! Again, my playstyle made me personally play as healer and Fiona is my pick. I also used to be in Guard section of Drum Corps so Fiona felt very personal for me playing with flag.
    For FR, I prefer Matthew than Rex.
    All in all, I'm glad that your pick makes sense and nice of you to consider "other" playstyle aside of DPS-ing enemies to death.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  Месяц назад

      Thanks for the comment!
      Happy to see that some people appreciate honorable mentions from different perspectives.
      And I also like to play as most characters you mentioned, especially Melia, Zeke and Matthew ;)

  • @zanderswift6009
    @zanderswift6009 8 месяцев назад +1

    Forgot the honorable mention for Xenoblade X's best party member.... the scouts, which are just other people's cross'. Sadly we're going to lose access to them in a few months when WiiU online shuts down, but a lot of the super tryhard players made alt accounts just to be able to recruit themselves for a really OP party.

  • @RockOrso2
    @RockOrso2 8 месяцев назад +1

    I'm more of a Shulk kinda guy in Future Redeemed since he's the polar opposite of Rex and is often the second to the last character to fall and still do decent damage while he's at it.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      Nice to hear people like playing Shulk in FR, even if he's not the best

    • @RockOrso2
      @RockOrso2 8 месяцев назад

      @@MaxMonado definitely not the best, but his debut in the 3DS version of Smash got me invested into the Xenoblade franchise, plus I always played Defender Noah with Glittering Harmony on a decent spammer to throw everyone invulnerability without having to waste Unlimited Sword, so I enjoyed dodge tanking a lot.

    • @mac_chappy
      @mac_chappy 8 месяцев назад

      Smash 4 also got me into the Xenoblade series and Shulk is my favorite character. I never thought I'd get into a series because of Smash.@@RockOrso2

  • @nexisneliel
    @nexisneliel 7 месяцев назад

    Xenoblade 2 morag as a healer with 3 ball weapon with agility boost is so sick, unkillable and hard healing

  • @lannobile7260
    @lannobile7260 8 месяцев назад +1

    You're talking shade about the other Poppis, but Alpha has the ability to gain 93% block rate as well as a skill that makes it to where blocking has a 50% chance to completely nullify damage. Add in some kind of healing like Auto-Attack Heal and a defense increase and Tora literally can't die.
    I once took on Tyrannotitan Kurodiil on Bringer of Chaos with nothing but Poppi Alpha and won. Took forever but considering the strongest Superboss in the game on the hardest difficulty could barely do damage to Tora...
    Really the only Poppi that isn't completely broken is QT, who is just above average powerwise...

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      I really hope you meant QT at the end and not QTPi because she's definitely broken
      As for Alpha, yes she can make Tora unkillable, but her damage is still mediocre. In combination with other strong blades to get the aggro for her she can have have her uses, but otherwise she won't do more damage than your strongest attackers

    • @lannobile7260
      @lannobile7260 8 месяцев назад

      @@MaxMonado Oh, yeah. My mistake on the QT. Already fixed that.

  • @mariosonic987pac-hero4
    @mariosonic987pac-hero4 8 месяцев назад +8

    Rex in XC3 Future Redeemed is so busted that even as a Hero in base XC3, he's really amazing. As a Hero, he may not be controllable like in his Future Redeemed counterpart, but his damage output is insane that not even Melia come close to matching his strength. Out of all Attacker Heroes, he is by far the best. He really did showed us a thing or three.

    • @samboi123
      @samboi123 8 месяцев назад

      You can get him as a base game hero?

    • @ghostchannel4766
      @ghostchannel4766 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@samboi123Yes! He and Shulk are both recruitable once you beat FR and go to the Archsage to finish their battle.

    • @samboi123
      @samboi123 8 месяцев назад

      @@ghostchannel4766 okay that’s great! I haven’t finished FR myself but I’m definitely gonna do that before I NG+ lol
      Also can I get any of the other characters from FR or is it just them?

    • @ghostchannel4766
      @ghostchannel4766 8 месяцев назад

      @samboi123 Unfortunately, it is just them, and they do not have Hero or Ascension Quests. But come on. It's the Ouroboros and the mentors of the Founders on the same team. Let's be honest: it's still worth it lol.

    • @TARDISES
      @TARDISES 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@ghostchannel4766 And if luck is on your side when running the gauntlet as Noah, you can have *four* protagonists in the battle party at the same time. Yes, I'm counting Melia as FC's protagonist here, as it's very much her story, Shulk's the tech guy in it.

  • @almightymudkip3856
    @almightymudkip3856 8 месяцев назад

    I’m just glad that Xenoblade X was actually acknowledged, just in general

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      As one of the 5 people with a Wii u I'm obligated to mention it whenever I can

  • @kamiloo86
    @kamiloo86 6 месяцев назад

    I am very impressed with MS. They managed to produce so many titles from the Xenoblade series during one console's life cycle. And there is still a chance that they will announce a remake... of X or Xenosaga.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  6 месяцев назад +1

      Monolith is the goat, can't wait to see what they will work on next

  • @Oniontrololol
    @Oniontrololol 8 месяцев назад

    We need a Xenoblade X remaster/remake/port.

  • @XLinkiboy
    @XLinkiboy 8 месяцев назад

    I think elemental genesis seraph in 3 has the most dmg, but yeah all the gimmicks that noah with lucky seven has are wild

  • @aegislight98
    @aegislight98 8 месяцев назад +12

    In my +1400 hours of experience wth Xenoblade 2, I'd say Tora with Poppi QTpi > Rex with Fiora > Morag with Corvin
    Oh yeah and I deal over 120 million damage in Future Redeemed chain attacks and about 90 millions of that damage is dealt by Rex

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 8 месяцев назад +1

      i havent played nearly as many hours as you in xenoblade 2 but isnt fiora better with morag (rex is more consistent though because flash whatever gives four crit chances instead of just one) and corvin better with zeke?

    • @aegislight98
      @aegislight98 8 месяцев назад

      Not really. Zeke with Corvin is absolutely broken against multiple enemies (Elma challenge battle for example) but against a single enemy, Morag is better. Morag is not great with twin rings, and Fiora's weapons are twin ring clones. Rex's animations are faster and his arts are better than Morag's.@@moosoose4661

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад +1

      @moosoose4661 Fiora is better on Mòrag because her crit recharge art is an ether attack so it doesn't bounce when you get blocked, and it's also a large aoe. Corvin is good on pretty much everybody, but Mòrag has the highest agility, while Zeke has access to the infamous Galactic Strike for Elma Redux cheese. But like I said, Corvin is so good that he works great on everybody

    • @aegislight98
      @aegislight98 8 месяцев назад

      I assume your talking in BoC difficulty, cuz in normal difficulty there is not a single fight that lasts for longer than 20 seconds. So yes, Fiora's art on Mòrag can be very useful, in some situations, but most of the time she's better on Rex.@@conorb.1901

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 8 месяцев назад

      Corvin-Zeke is a weird case. He can cheese both fights where the enemies attack often(Using the smash art) and those where enemies only rarely attack with powerful moves(Level 3 special) and either option actively gets worse when the other gets better. It's basically the option that is the casual's best friend.

  • @potabanomaybe5629
    @potabanomaybe5629 5 месяцев назад

    Imagine if Shulk got blinding blossom in future redeemed that would be such an OP combo with Rex

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  5 месяцев назад +3

      The only thing balancing Rex is that the defenders can't do their job

  • @dantemustdie00
    @dantemustdie00 8 месяцев назад +1

    Reyn and Dunban were such overpowering tanks that Monolith nerfed Tanks afterwards

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад

      Honestly, I think Monolith needs to make it clear that if you want to hold aggro, you need to be doing damage. Reyn and Dunban do great damage, lots of blades in Xenoblade 2 can tank because they can hold aggro whether they are tanks or not, but then we get to Xenoblade 3 where Lone Exile is literally the only tank with the proper tools for holding aggro. All other tank classes cannot even hope to take aggro from a decently damaging attacker. Granted, Xenoblade 3 is also the game where the best way to survive fights (besides just killing the enemy) is to stack damage reduction and you can do that regardless of class, but it still goes to show that 3 is by far the worst showing for tanks in the series so far.

  • @stupidhatmanjoshua7640
    @stupidhatmanjoshua7640 8 месяцев назад

    Are the Ouroboros gang better in their original classes? The weapon upgrades really only benefit Noah, Sea, and Lanz. Mayyybe Mio. Because the weapon upgrades only offer atk, crit, and block buffs. The only thing that makes any of the characters special is their fusion.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      Well the fact that they get a higher attack stat means by default that they're better, you listed 4 out of the 6 and even Eunie and Taion still benefit even if slightly

  • @davidgeorge1943
    @davidgeorge1943 8 месяцев назад +1

    The ranking for the main party in XC3 is pretty uncontested, excluding the Heroes: Noah is way at the top for reasons mentioned in this video, 2nd place goes to Mio because she also has a unique Talent Art, and just below her are the other four.

  • @nilesschwarz6220
    @nilesschwarz6220 8 месяцев назад +1

    Kinda sad at the lack of mention of Mia and Alexa in X. They have great support and dps and Alexa also being one of the best party members for Skell battles.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +2

      Alexa was considered because of her skell, alongside H.B. and Irina for their support. Mia is a good character too, there were just way too many options for X

    • @almightymudkip3856
      @almightymudkip3856 8 месяцев назад

      Mia is still super, SUPER late game and can even be completely missed. Actually missed Alexa my first play through, ironically.

  • @JellifiShugo
    @JellifiShugo 8 месяцев назад

    Tora and Poppi superiority always.
    Best characters ever. Multihit break art go brrrr

  • @robinksuo2929
    @robinksuo2929 8 месяцев назад

    if im not mistaken, if rex dies you lose the crit stacking from his skill, so you need to build it up again right?

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      Honestly I'm not sure, I'll look into it

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад

      Rex does lose the damage from his Adroit Blade equivalent (I don't remember the name lol, but it's literally the exact same skill Incursor has), but it's so stupidly easy to get 100% crit rate with him that he's going to put in some major damage before dying again, even if he still needs to ramp up

    • @catalyst539
      @catalyst539 8 месяцев назад

      @@conorb.1901
      Isn’t it Eye for Weak Points that does what you’re describing?

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад

      @paulrance5445 no, Eye for Weak Points scales up your crit as you attack, which Rex does not have. Instead, Rex has a skill that is identical to Adroit Blade which gives you more damage for every crit that you do

  • @choco699
    @choco699 5 месяцев назад

    Funny thing: signifier I would say is the best Noah class
    Why? Well when you can chain your skills infinitely through a specific setup, you can build lucky 7 quickly. What happens when you get lucky seven ever 20 seconds - and take over healing for the team? Easy. Nothing can die.

  • @DarkDragon2344
    @DarkDragon2344 8 месяцев назад

    Man my favorite game ever is X why you gotta do me like that qwq

  • @diegomireles
    @diegomireles 2 месяца назад +1

    my WiiU is busted so I cannot play XCX anymore, I sold my copy afterwards, I hope Nintendo will eventually announce the remaster of XCX.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  2 месяца назад +1

      I'm sure the game will get a remake someday, probably when the Switch 2 comes out.

  • @sakura368
    @sakura368 16 дней назад

    rex is a chad

  • @Nin10doCentral
    @Nin10doCentral 4 месяца назад +1

    15:23 That had me dying.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  4 месяца назад

      Happy to hear it :)

  • @Bluzlbee
    @Bluzlbee 8 месяцев назад +1

    Poppy A, isn't bad considering she can have a block rate of like 90%, saves the clutches

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      She has good defences but her damage is still lacking, though it can be situationally good to switch to her

  • @EisArrow
    @EisArrow 8 месяцев назад +1

    Noah is by far the strongest character damage-wise because upgraded Swordfighter is the strongest class with the right setup (crit-build + awakening-buff from tank) or (smash-build with Airslash)
    and you forgot to mention that Attacker-Unlimited Sword has a chance to insta-kill with every strike from any attack, wich is just insane xD

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah forgot about the insta killing, Noah just has too much good stuff to list lol

    • @EisArrow
      @EisArrow 8 месяцев назад

      @@MaxMonado true, gotta say insta-killing mini-bosses feels really nice :D

    • @ludwigkoopa3343
      @ludwigkoopa3343 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@EisArrow I abused the insta kill effect to kill overleveled enemys to level up quickly

    • @EisArrow
      @EisArrow 7 месяцев назад

      @@ludwigkoopa3343 yeah same, there is a cave in the last area where there are lv99 lizardmen next to a teleporter, its pretty convinient

  • @holycowrap
    @holycowrap 5 месяцев назад

    I remember playing xenoblade 2 and having my tora be basically unkillable in the last few chapters of the game cause of how much I played tiger tiger lmao

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  5 месяцев назад +1

      Damn someone who actually played Tiger Tiger in my comments

    • @holycowrap
      @holycowrap 5 месяцев назад

      @@MaxMonado I really liked playing it and didn't understand why people hated it 🤷‍♂️ lol

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  5 месяцев назад

      @@holycowrap Understandable, the game isn't even that bad it just gets tedious doing it over and over hoping for good drops

  • @isyf1523
    @isyf1523 8 месяцев назад

    Personally, about future redeemed I would say Glimmer is better because of the support usefulness, with how broken Rex is, the simple attack up she gives to him might be of higher impact than Matthew himself, also, revives are way more important in future redeemed as Shulk tried to become Dunban but forgot about the aggro and Nikol is just an immobile stone that won't die, won't support, won't get aggro and won't do damage at all, tanks are both unable to maintain aggro because of Glimmer + Rex, so she will constantly need to revive him in order to survive. Also, about both father and daughter, you forgot about their unity combo which is free 20 crit rate and 50 crit damage to the whole party for just existing, and as they are both the most important characters on the party, they should not be dead so they can just use the active whenever it is needed.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад +1

      Glimmer is close to Matthew, she might give more buffs but I think being able to inflict Break consistently is more important. Aside from that Matthew can also share a power charge buff with his party, so he has an attack buff just like Glimmer. Having more revives is fine but it's not exactly something exclusive to Glimmer

  • @justjoined
    @justjoined 6 месяцев назад

    Good choice. You can never go wrong with Elma.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  6 месяцев назад

      Elma is always the right answer

    • @holycowrap
      @holycowrap 5 месяцев назад

      I'm an Elma person 😉

  • @christianboustani8284
    @christianboustani8284 8 месяцев назад

    Without watching, I just know Poppi QT-Pi is gonna be Xenoblade 2's

  • @gerardoantoniozerpachacin6580
    @gerardoantoniozerpachacin6580 8 месяцев назад +1

    It's true that Rex makes an absolute broken damage, but I don't like that he receive the aggro every time, so I think that A is the best in Future Redeemed because she is a really balance character, she has a good attack, healing power and has a decent agility to evade some attacks and she doesn't take so much aggro, her Fusion Arts are really useful to increase allies agility, attack or give them regeneration and her Talent Art Vision is pretty useful to safe your team if you are so close to lose a fight and her Skills are really good: Quicksilver Blade boosts her damage every time that heals an ally; Live-Saving Sword that heals herself every time that hits an auto-attack and Armor Piercing that ignores 50% of the enemy's ether defense.
    A can make a really good damage, she is a really strong healer and has a good agility to evade some enemy attacks, that's why I think she is the best.

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 8 месяцев назад +1

      i think A is cooler but glimmer works as support much better and A doesnt any significant damage unfortuanately

    • @catalyst539
      @catalyst539 8 месяцев назад

      He literally explains why Rex getting aggro easily isn’t a problem.

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад +1

      Damage reduction is the best way to survive fights in Xenoblade 3, and stacking it is surprisingly easy. In Future Redeemed alone, we've got Nikol's defense buff (15%, can go higher with swelling blessing), Shulk and Nikol's unity skill (another 15%), and Rex's own Heroic Spirit skill (30%) for 60% less damage taken because dr stacks additively in Xenoblade 3. You could even throw a shield belt on Rex for another 30% damage reduction at the cost of -50% damage additive which sounds much worse for a damage dealer than it actually is. That's 90% damage reduction which is likely to lower enemy damage into the double digits, if not less.
      As for the aggro situation, that's unfortunately just a byproduct of the aggro generation mechanics HEAVILY favoring damage. The reason every tank clas that isn't Lone Exile sucks at their job is because they don't do enough damage to counteract how much your attackers are pumping out. Simply put, if you want to hold aggro, you need to be doing damage. It has been this way since Xenoblade 1, and it hasn't changed.

    • @moosoose4661
      @moosoose4661 8 месяцев назад

      @@conorb.1901 me when the seraph is an effective tank through damage reduction stacking :)

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 8 месяцев назад

      @moosoose4661 heck, with enough damage reduction you can fight superbosses at level 1 and be just fine. It will take forever because your attack is a noodle at level 1, but you can absolutely do it

  • @nitro5247
    @nitro5247 5 месяцев назад

    I can’t believe you didn’t mention Noah’s biggest selling point-although it doesn’t work on unique monsters or bosses, if Noah is in an attacking class, every single hit he lands has a 3% chance to **instantly kill** an enemy. Pair that with his most spammable art, which hits *seven* times and often recharges itself instantly after use, and you’ve got the most broken DPS character Monolith has ever made.

  • @raulrojas9253
    @raulrojas9253 8 месяцев назад

    Meliea let me to kill enemies 20 or 16 levels above me, not with ease but was viable, possible and I actually do it.

  • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
    @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 8 месяцев назад

    ...man. if you included blades, corvin would just borderline weaker than poppi qt pi.
    And that's literally because of his smash art.
    Someone thought it'd be funny to give the attacker class a bonus _pure invincibility and a high crit rate recharge_
    So giving that art to zeke or rex will make them _invincible_ with moon matter chips.
    The only thing that could possibly put them down is forced doom...
    Unless you have chain attack or his lv 4.
    ...have i forgot to mention his lv 1 also HEALS THE PARTY

    • @catalyst539
      @catalyst539 5 месяцев назад +1

      don’t forget he has debuff cancel.
      he can negate doom.

  • @MaxAutoAttack
    @MaxAutoAttack 8 месяцев назад +1

    Because Launch is so unreliable in XC2/Torna, it's better for Addam to extend Topple duration for Fusion Combo stacking.
    This is yet another L for Aegaeon, as when he switches to Vanguard he Launches the enemy, nullifying the Fusion bonuses.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      Choosing between topple and launch is more of a risk/reward thing, I'll choose launch because poor Aegaeon doesn't need another thing against him 😭

  • @TheJaredPunch
    @TheJaredPunch 8 месяцев назад

    XC1: The power to have various effects through the Monado, summoning Elements that support and does damage, etc. yeah. Sharla really did draw the short end of the stick.
    XC2: The only way to dictate who’s the best Driver is to determine their strengths and weaknesses. Rex and the non Tora Drivers aren’t good with every weapon class (cough Shield Hammer), so depending on the Rare Blade themselves and what they do, the Driver’s effectiveness varies for each Playthrough.
    Rex has the Aegis throughout most of the game, thus his main blade is two for the price of one, Chapter 8 lets him use every Non Poppi other characters have. I could go on.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  8 месяцев назад

      Like I said, in a 'normal' playthrough where you don't have good random blades, Rex is the best. However I looked at whoever the best character is when you have every option, which will make Tora and Zeke better since they both have more overpowered options

    • @TheJaredPunch
      @TheJaredPunch 8 месяцев назад

      @@MaxMonado that means you also have to consider that Poppi QTPI also requires time an effort without DLC or NG+ and in a way, so does Zeke. And he doesn’t get EoSJ until NG+, which like Pneuma, is once per battle.
      So even they still have some weaknesses and lack options that Rex does. Tora just has the flexibility of being able to equip whatever works for Poppi (if you work for it).

  • @mysetlist2118
    @mysetlist2118 4 месяца назад

    Noah is so broken he needs to be in a musuo game

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  4 месяца назад

      Funny you say that when my last video is on a Xenoblade musou game 😂

  • @irtehmrepic
    @irtehmrepic 3 месяца назад

    "It's not like anyone played this game anyway."
    Me, who has gotten full map completion. Twice.

    • @MaxMonado
      @MaxMonado  3 месяца назад +1

      Was just meant to be a joke since not many people have a Wii u, and because the X part was starting to get way too long

    • @irtehmrepic
      @irtehmrepic 3 месяца назад

      @@MaxMonado fair enough. Tbh X is my absolute favorite in terms of gameplay, it really is almost an MMO in terms of room for optimization and build variety

  • @MooglesandNoponForever
    @MooglesandNoponForever 8 месяцев назад

    Reyn, Tora, Lora, Noah, and FR Rex are the best gameplay-wise IMO.

  • @chicoalejandre2046
    @chicoalejandre2046 8 месяцев назад +1

    Xcx 4 Life